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Add MS 19947

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Add MS 19947
Title:
Sefer Tanya by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
140 folios
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Languages:
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
1400-1499
Era:
CE
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Names:
Anav, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin, fl 13th century
Anav, Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin, fl 13th century
Yitsḥaḳ Danio
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Add MS 19947

Sefer Tanya by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel

Contents

Summary of Contents: Sefer Tanya, a work largely based on Shibole ha-leḳeṭ by Zidkiyahu figlio di Abraham ha-Rofe Anav, by Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin Anav.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-140v
Title: Sefer Tanya
Title: ספר תניא
Author: Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin Anav, active 13th century יחיאל בן יקותיאל, הרופא

The work is preceded by an introduction, not extant in the printed editions.

The manuscript contains several pieces not found in the printed editions, folios 92r-94v, 124r.

References

[Tanya_1565]

Physical Description

Paper codex of the 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Extent: 140 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 210 × 155 mm.
Dimensions (written): 125 × 102 mm.
Foliation:

140 folios (+ 5 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end). Folio 1 is a modern flyleaf, with ornamentation imitating a printed title page.

Collation

Quires of 14 leaves each.

Condition

A leaf is missing after folio 11.

Lacuna after folio 3.

Stained.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 29

Written lines: 29

Uniform layout.

Visible plummet ruling.

Running titles. Catchwords on every verso, partly cut off in the trimming.

Initials written in larger square characters.

Last line written within the ruling.

Hand(s)

Italian semi-cursive script of the 15th century.

Additions:

Binding

Post-1600. Brown leather, blind tooled.

Spine title: 'Liber Tania Seo Traditionis. Hebr. Mus. Brit. Iure Emptionis. 19,947.'

History

Origin: 1400-1499 15th century Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

Yitsḥaḳ Danio: inscribed (folio 2r).

Asher & Co.: purchased through them by the British Museum on 12 August 1854: inscribed, back flyleaf (i)v.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_19947 (digital images currently unavailable)

Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 528.

Bibliography

    [Tanya_1565] Anav, active 13th century Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin. 'Sefer Tanya : ... Ḳovets Kol Ha-Dinim u-Minhagim Ha-Reʾuyim El Ish Ha-Yiśreʾeli ... .'[Nidpas 2. uve-tos. Beʾur milot ha-Ḥamurot u-Mafteaḥ]..; [נדפס 2. ובתוס׳ ביאור מלות החמורות ומפתח].. Ḳremonah 1565, קרימונה, שכה, 1565.

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